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mitt romney, a hypocrite. people see that gaffe. it is not that he is like ted kennedy said, he is not pro-choice. he is multiple choice. >> we are all political junkies but as ia great marketing tool. m marketing, you can just lie over and over and over. have enough money to lie and people will start believing it is true. >> frito-lay mastered this. i don't believe i can only eat one potato chip. that's where citizens united is a powerful tool. you can just lie, lie, lie. for example, this lie about the $719 billion the president is taking away from medicare beneficiaries -- >> it also feels like -- >> just keep saying it and it will be true. >> in addition to dishonesty and this flip-flopping and apparently lack of awareness about technology, it also feels like romney tends to move towards wherever he thinks there is power. i was just blown away. there is this moment where in a new web ad that the governor has where he does a cuddling up to the president that i want us to look at real quickly. >> president obama and i both care wi
mitt romney, a hypocrite. people see that gaffe. it is not that he is like ted kennedy said, he is not pro-choice. he is multiple choice. >> we are all political junkies but as ia great marketing tool. m marketing, you can just lie over and over and over. have enough money to lie and people will start believing it is true. >> frito-lay mastered this. i don't believe i can only eat one potato chip. that's where citizens united is a powerful tool. you can just lie, lie, lie. for...
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the white house or the romney camp and republicans? >> well, i think that in some respects the administration made a mistake by going out ahead of having the knowledge and the facts. so that clearly they deserve some criticism. but the fact of the matter is that mr. romney has constantly jumped the gun here on criticizing the president who by all accounts, who by all accounts when it comes to dealing with terrorism has probably done job one better than any president before him, particularly the last president, george bush, when it came to taking out al qaeda operatives. and the fact of the matter is that we now have a new front in north africa against al qaeda. so the administration is going to have to focus far more resources there than before. they've been focused in iraq, they've been focused in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. but what's happening in mali and eastern libya, and the fact that perhaps the administration needs to refocus its energies on securing the victory that they want to claim victory for in libya, this is more
the white house or the romney camp and republicans? >> well, i think that in some respects the administration made a mistake by going out ahead of having the knowledge and the facts. so that clearly they deserve some criticism. but the fact of the matter is that mr. romney has constantly jumped the gun here on criticizing the president who by all accounts, who by all accounts when it comes to dealing with terrorism has probably done job one better than any president before him,...
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romney and mr. ryan are saying about obama and bided our true and medicare, why would the american medical association and doris our policy? why would the american hospital association and most important, why would aarp endorse this? [applause] that have no credibility. on this issue. secondly, what they don't tell you is equally important to what they tell you. they don't tell you what they would do about medicare. the first thing they would do if they took the action they are proposing to take were they to win, you would eliminate the new benefits, $800 more for prescription drugs, which visits, it would also move medicare trust fund insolvency to 2016, three years from now. the third the is what they don't want to talk about. they don't want to tell you they are for medicare. they are for a voucher-care. they say it will affect anybody on medicare now. it will not kick in for 10 years. if you are 55 years old, it will kick in. a couple of years ago, the intellectual right laid down a proposal --
romney and mr. ryan are saying about obama and bided our true and medicare, why would the american medical association and doris our policy? why would the american hospital association and most important, why would aarp endorse this? [applause] that have no credibility. on this issue. secondly, what they don't tell you is equally important to what they tell you. they don't tell you what they would do about medicare. the first thing they would do if they took the action they are proposing to...
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taxes on middle income americans! >> reporter: the stakes in the debate are so high that both candidates will soon retreat into political cocoons to get ready. on sunday the president will begin three days of intensive preparation in nevada. on monday, romney will hunker down for two days in denver, the site of wednesday's debate. in romney's sessions president obama will be played by ohio senator rob portman who was on romney's short list for vice president. on stage with the president will be massachusetts senator john kerry who will play romney. kerry and romney knew each other well when romney was governor of massachusetts both campaigns are desperately trying to lower expectations. in a memo leaked to the press a top romney adviser called the president one of the most talented political communicators in modern history and noted the president has engaged in eighty-one-on-one presidential debates while this is romney's first. the obama campaign is also down playing expectations. they say he hasn't had enough time t
taxes on middle income americans! >> reporter: the stakes in the debate are so high that both candidates will soon retreat into political cocoons to get ready. on sunday the president will begin three days of intensive preparation in nevada. on monday, romney will hunker down for two days in denver, the site of wednesday's debate. in romney's sessions president obama will be played by ohio senator rob portman who was on romney's short list for vice president. on stage with the president...
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both the president and romney support it. >> i believe in the second amendment. i believe in people's lawful right to bear arms. >> i will protect the second amendment rights of the american people. >> reporter: both sides stick to the constitution with president obama fighting criticism from any national rifle association. >> i won't take your shotgun away, i won't take your rifle away, i won't take your hyunan away. >> the fact he hasn't tried won't placate them. >> all that first term lip service to gun owners is just part of a massive obama conspiracy to deceive voters and hide his true intentions to destroy the second amendment during his second term. >> reporter: romney has been actively cultivating the nra, a switch on the once tough on guns governor. consider the assault weapons ban. president obama is a yes but with an asterisk. mr. romney moves from a yes to a no. here's why. in 2004, governor romney signed a permanent assault weapons ban in massachusetts and now candidate romney says he any new laws. >> we need a president to enforce current laws that
both the president and romney support it. >> i believe in the second amendment. i believe in people's lawful right to bear arms. >> i will protect the second amendment rights of the american people. >> reporter: both sides stick to the constitution with president obama fighting criticism from any national rifle association. >> i won't take your shotgun away, i won't take your rifle away, i won't take your hyunan away. >> the fact he hasn't tried won't placate them....
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the longest war in american history has received relatively scant media attention. part of the reason is that we don't know what afghanistan policy mitt romney is proposing. we know there is a huge political opportunity for him to get to the president's left and call for a more rapid withdrawal. we also know the right wing foreign policy elites would never let him dethat. i want to find out what my guests know now they didn't know when the week began. jimmy, what do we know? >> we know everyone is not excited about the barclay center, the new home for the brooklyn nets. there were protests when the stadium opened. folks are upset the developers didn't keep their promises to communities, most of them of color about affordable housing and job promises. that's something we need to keep an eye on. >> the barclay center was a subject of a huge drawnout battle and controversy. the way it ended up getting built was a set of promises being made, a certain amount of affordable housing and good living jobs. so far, the initial promises don't look like they are being met. a lo
the longest war in american history has received relatively scant media attention. part of the reason is that we don't know what afghanistan policy mitt romney is proposing. we know there is a huge political opportunity for him to get to the president's left and call for a more rapid withdrawal. we also know the right wing foreign policy elites would never let him dethat. i want to find out what my guests know now they didn't know when the week began. jimmy, what do we know? >> we know...
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middle-class taxpayers to go over the cliff unless they get these bonus tax breaks for people like mitt romney and we think the more time goes on, the more their position becomes clear to the american people and untenable. >> let me just add to that, by year ago republicans held hostage raising our debt ceiling, which would mean paying our obligations, ruining our credit rating, are standing around the world and the president did not want to let that happen. he tried everything he could. finally, to get the job done on time, the congress and the president said we will just have some sequestration's, meat axe approach is to the spending on the defense side and on the domestic side and that would be so awful that the supercommittee and the rest of the congress would do something smart to avoid that because no one would want that to happen. here we are facing the likelihood of all these things going into effect. now with the supercommittee couldn't work out the differences, that doesn't mean that congress should stop trying to resolve these problems but just kick it over until after the election.
middle-class taxpayers to go over the cliff unless they get these bonus tax breaks for people like mitt romney and we think the more time goes on, the more their position becomes clear to the american people and untenable. >> let me just add to that, by year ago republicans held hostage raising our debt ceiling, which would mean paying our obligations, ruining our credit rating, are standing around the world and the president did not want to let that happen. he tried everything he could....